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Chapter 54
Chapter 54
In this life, people are reluctant to give up, reluctant to be subservient to others, reluctant to leave their hometown, reluctant to separate flesh and blood, reluctant to have children in love.
Shen Zhiluo is the most unwilling to be the same as the mortal world. He will not say that he is reluctant, nor will he ask her why she has to leave. Even if he is full of irritability, he just looks out the window and drains the water in the veil. Unscrew it a little bit.
The fox eyes moved slightly, Su Miao stood up on the bed string, stretched out her hand from behind him, and pressed her cheek against his back.
"See you soon." She smiled.
He didn't like to be close to her. With such a posture, he would definitely get angry. Su Miao reacted quickly. Before he got angry, he quickly retracted his hand and ran out of the door in a hurry.
"Wait for me to marry you." A delicate voice floated over from a distance, and the hot wind outside blew gently over his back.
Shen Zhiluo paused, and there was a touch of incomprehensible emotion in his eyes.
He put down the handkerchief and turned around.
Knowing that he made a noisy cry in the shade of the tree, the water in the fish pond that had been changed was sparkling, and as far as the eye could see, the altar was empty and deserted, and there was no one left. Su Miao has always been like this. She comes and goes quickly. She has said all her words, and she will not leave a single sentence.
With a cold snort, he dragged the purple-black star robe half draped in his arms and walked out sullenly.
When Su Miao returned to the General's Mansion, she felt inexplicably clean when she walked in.
She glanced up and down the lintel in confusion, turned her head and asked the porter, "Which yard servant made a mistake and was punished to clean it up?"
The concierge said with a sullen face: "How can you do it? Since the third son went to office, no one in this mansion dares to make mistakes. It's the young lady who has nothing to do and is cleaning every day."
little sister-in-law? Su Miao was stunned, threw her luggage to the maid and ran towards the east courtyard.
When Li Jingyun left, he said to her: "Your little sister-in-law looks gentle, but she is actually cold-hearted. She won't be sad after the father leaves, but you can also walk around when you have time and see what she is doing. what."
After a pause, he said angrily again: "What can I do, I don't know how to miss Master."
Su Miao still laughed at him, saying that the people who were left behind were not resentful women, so she was still complaining about going to leave.
Li Jingyun shook his head and said, "You don't understand, it's too difficult to ask your sister-in-law to be sincere."
His expression at that time was too serious, and there was still some sadness in his eyes, so that Su Miao really felt that the little sister-in-law had never put him in her eyes.
result
Stepping into the East Courtyard, Su Miao saw Huayue standing in a daze in front of the Bo Gujia in the main house. She seemed to have lost two points again, with a willow-like figure, standing motionless.
Taking two steps closer, she heard a cold whisper: "The ghost believes you."
Who is this talking about? Su Miao raised her eyebrows in confusion, thought for a while, and then smiled and shouted, "Little sister-in-law."
Hua Yue was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at her, with a smile in her eyes: "Miss Biao is back."
"It's boring to stay at the altar, I'm rushing back to watch the fun." Su Miao went in and took her hand, "How are you doing now, little sister-in-law?"
Hua Yue nodded, poured tea for her, and brought a plate of snacks: "The third son is not here, it's relaxing in this yard, but it's just a little boring."
Su Miao smiled: "You are now the young lady of the General's Mansion. No matter how bored you are, there is no reason to go to sweep the lintel in person."
"Idle is also idle. Their lazy minions can't clean up the dust every time. Today I went to teach a lesson, and it will be passed on to your ears." She said, and took a few embroidery samples. Come out and show her.
"Miss Biao's wedding date is approaching. Madam asked me to help choose the hijab patterns. These are the most beautiful ones sent by Xiu Niang. Do you have a look?"
Su Miao just glanced at it and said, "Little sister-in-law can choose whatever you want."
Huayue is a little surprised. When a girl from another family gets married, she has to choose everything she likes. After all, marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Miss Biao is good, don't even look at it?
Aware of her doubts, Su Miao squinted her eyes and smiled: "If Shen Zhiluo is really willing to marry me, then I would like to choose every thread by myself. But he is unwilling. It's cheap. If I choose this marriage carefully again, it will be boring. "
Huayue looked thoughtfully at the inlaid treasure chest that kept her wedding dress.
"Hey, what I do is different from what you do." Realizing what she was thinking, Su Miao quickly turned her head back and said earnestly, "My cousin is sincere in marrying you, and little sister-in-law is not... um , is not so unwilling to marry, is it?"
Speaking of the back, Su Miao felt guilty, her fox eyes blinked.
Hua Yue thought for a while and nodded to her: "Well, I volunteer."
As the daughter-in-law of the General's Mansion, her identity is to be a prominent bird, and she must be investigated, and it may not be certain that her identity is revealed one day. So when she salutes Mrs. Zhuang, Shuang Jiang was so anxious that she almost stomped the floor.
Hua Yue later comforted her, saying that it was a last resort, and that the third son was going to enter the palace anyway, and it was not too much to satisfy someone's wish.
But she knew very well that she would like to continue the ceremony.
Su Miao looked at the flash of emotion on the face of the person in front of her, her mouth wide open.
She has known Zhang Shi for some years. In her impression, this person is smooth, sensible and docile. He almost never makes mistakes. saw the tenderness of daughter's home.
Even subconsciously, she didn't treat this person as a girl's home.
However, in front of her eyes, Yin Huayue's eyes were lowered, her fingers holding the sample were slightly tightened, as if she had remembered someone, and she smiled.
This smile is too sweet, like the candied fruit of the entire Jing'an Tang has been boiled in it.
Su Miao's heart trembled when she saw it.
She suddenly realized something was wrong.
My cousin, who is so clever, seems to have missed something.
"Miss Biao, what else do you need to buy?" Hua Yue asked her in a low voice, her expression calmed down.
Turning her eyes, Su Miao smiled and said, "I don't know, why don't you go to the street to have a look?"
"Okay." Hua Yue nodded, and without saying a word, went to get the silver ticket and went out with her.
Su Miao understood that her little sister-in-law was not so fond of sweeping, she was just afraid of being idle and thinking of something, so she was desperately trying to find something to do for herself.
This person had accompanied her on the street before, and she was going to go home in a short while, but her back was sore from shopping today, and Huayue even pointed to the front and asked, "Have you seen that silk and satin shop?"
Su Miao rubbed her legs and thought bitterly, why is she the one who suffers because of her cousin's sin?
"Look." She sighed.
The shopkeeper of the silk and satin village seemed to have a happy event, and when he brought them silk and satin, he looked like he was smiling, and he did not hesitate to measure them half a yard of material.
"Are you a child in the family?" Hua Yue asked with a smile.
The shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "At my age, where can I add a baby, but my unworthy son has a promising future. He entered the scientific examination room and has not yet been repatriated."
Daliang's imperial examinations, because of some of His Majesty's scruples, all those who take the exam in Beijing will eat and live in the exam room, and those who fail the exam will be sent back, one by one, the later the better.
Counting the days, now is the day of the palace exam.
Su Miao clapped her hands in amazement: "This is amazing, the shopkeeper doesn't have to leave this shop, and go with his son to enjoy the happiness."
"Wherever he is, he is lucky." The shopkeeper was modest, but his face was filled with pride that could not be concealed.
Huayue picked the ingredients and finally got on the carriage back to the house with her.
Rubbing her calf, Su Miao blinked and said, "If my cousin didn't listen to the general's words, how good would it be to choose to go to the scientific examination, choose another official position, and still be able to live in the mansion."
Hua Yue smiled lightly: "The wood has been made, and it is useless to talk about it."
She hugged the satin she just bought, stroked the lines on it, and began to want to make some clothes for Madam.
Su Miao glanced at her hand and frowned slightly: "Little sister-in-law, take a rest for two days. Look at the small hole on the top. When cousin comes back, he has to hang Badou on the back door as bacon."
"What does this have to do with Badou?" Hua Yue chuckled and shook her head, not taking it to heart.
By the time Li Jingyun came back, the skin on her hand had already changed two layers, so there would be no holes.
When Su Miao returned to the mansion, Huayue had more things to do. Every day, she made a cup of black chicken soup and sent it to the main courtyard, settled the accounts in the mansion, cleaned up two disobedient servants, and added a dowry gift list.
Such days are very fulfilling, but for some reason, Su Miao always looked at her with some worry in her eyes.
Hua Yue knew what Su Miao was worried about. She felt that she didn't want to take advantage of being busy to escape, and she didn't miss Li Jingyun very much.
Just a few days of love.
Shaking her head disdainfully, she lowered her eyes and continued to read the ledger.
It was almost dusk, and everything was arranged properly. The sunset glowed in the sky, and the East Court suddenly became empty.
Huayue stood in the main house, staring stiffly at the pair of brocade boots on Bogu's shelf.
She dreamed last night that these boots jumped off the shelf and turned into a person. That person was nasty, his eyebrows and eyes were nasty, his body was nasty, and the ruffians all over his body were also nasty. His dark eyes looked down at her, with Three-point smile and seven-point teasing.
She beat him hard.
But after waking up, there were only boots in the room, no one, and there was nowhere to beat him if he wanted to.
Staring at the boots angrily, Hua Yue's fists were clenched tightly, her lustrous fingernails turned white due to the force, and her knuckles were tangled together, one red and one blue.
However, after a while, the tightly squeezed fingers slowly loosened, the fingertips moved, lifted up, and made a place with the other hand.
-Daliang has a saying that if you put new boots on the shelf, you can be a half-respected Bodhisattva.
The person standing in front of the Bogujia was slightly dazed.
She stared at the boots, her thin lips moved slightly, muttered something, and then bowed down reverently towards the brand-new boots.
For a moment, two moments, the room was quiet and there was no response.
After a long while, Hua Yue straightened up and opened her eyes, feeling that she was really stupid, and angrily flicked her sleeves: "Liar!"
The sun on the horizon suddenly burst into full bloom, and the dim light came in from the door, dragging a long shadow. Huayue didn't pay attention, she turned her head and wanted to rush out of the door, but the corner of the light flashed, and she froze in place.
The slender body leaned against the door frame, a halo was outlined, and the blue carp embroidery pattern on the hem turned into a black color against the light.
The man seemed to be laughing, his shoulders trembled slightly, and his deep voice was like an ancient qin, reaching her mind through the dusk.
"Master never lies," he said.
Like all the fireworks in the New Year's Pass suddenly exploded in front of her eyes, Huayue shook her head, and subconsciously reached out to play with the afterglow, trying to get rid of these dim lights to see who it was.
Of course she didn't push it away, but the man took a step forward, and his handsome eyes were a little bit clearer in front of her eyes.
There was a familiar light in the ink-colored eyes, and the end of the eyes slanted over, a little bit of disgust.
"It's only been so long, why do you want to be like this." Li Jingyun smiled slowly.
Breathing stagnated for a moment, Hua Yue's eyes moved: "You..."
He lowered his head and rubbed her ear slightly with the side face with some green beard prints: "Don't you recognize me?"
Naturally recognized, Huayue nodded confusedly.
The next moment, she was pushed behind her back, and her body involuntarily pressed up against his heart.
The thing that had been hanging in his heart suddenly returned to its original position, Hua Yue hugged him backhand, with surprise and joy in her eyes, but she still asked in confusion: "How did you come out?"
"The palace door opened, and it came out naturally." He replied vaguely, sniffing the fragrance on her body with nostalgia.
Pushing him away in a hurry, Hua Yue squinted suspiciously: "Stealing away again? There is no one in the palace to cover for you, you left without permission..."
Looking at her long-winded with a smile on her face, Li Jingyun snorted and lowered her head to cover the mouth of the broken thoughts.
The outside suddenly became lively. don't know which minion shouted, and the entire General's Mansion was boiling, beating gongs and drums, running around to tell each other, and even some people set off firecrackers at the main entrance.
"Cousin, little sister-in-law!" Su Miao shouted outside, "Come out quickly!"
With a push on his chest, Li Jingyun took a half step back and glanced out unpleasantly.
The man in his arms never returned to his senses, his small paws pressed against his heart, and his voice sounded a little floating: "Go out and have a look."
"Yeah", Li Jingyun separated her fingers one by one and clasped them tightly with his own before taking her out.
At this hour, people in every family and every hospital should be eating. For some reason, everyone gathered in the main court. Li Shoutian sat on the main seat with a sullen face, while Zhuang Shi was crying with joy.
"Okay, very good, let him come over and greet some of the uncles who have been taking care of him."
Hua Yue followed Li Jingyun into the door, her eyes were still a little dull, she was pressed by his wife on the low stool beside her, and she looked around blankly.
"Congratulations." A few distant aunts whispered beside her, "If you marry a husband and a son-in-law, you should marry us like Jing Yun, who is promising and ambitious, who would have expected to take the leader of the martial arts test and come back after going out. Don't be pissed off, the general, Wu Zhuangyuan has a better future than the Forbidden Palace."
"Yeah." Zhuang shi also quickly turned his head to persuade, "This is a good thing."
"What?" Li Shoutian said coldly.
The lively main court suddenly quieted down. Li Jingyun was meeting a few uncles to greet him, and he didn't care. After completing the ceremony, he slowly knelt down in front of Li Shoutian.
"The son pleads guilty to his father." He said calmly, "I failed my father's arrangement and took part in the scientific examination without authorization, which embarrassed my father."
Only then did Hua Yue realize what happened.
This person, actually went to take the exam? !
Li Shoutian's chest heaved and his eyebrows were furious: "Do you still have this father of mine in your eyes! If you say good things to others, you won't go if you don't say it, and let others think of my Li family? My wings are hard, I thought I would pick one. The chief can enter this house to show off his power?"
"My son never had this idea." Li Jingyun said calmly without raising his head, "I was going to take office, but on the way, I heard people say that I have no future in Li Jiaerlang, and one can't return to the court after a few years at the border. One relies on Zu Yin to make a living, and it is really a generation that is not as good as a generation."
"It's okay to be slapped by someone, but it's a bad word, and the general's mansion has no face, so my son went to the examination room to take a look."
"I thought that the martial arts test was harsh, and there were many masters, and my son was just going to gain knowledge. Who would have guessed that there were not many people who could watch it, so the son was detained to the end, and he could go back to the manor to report to his father today."
He got up and bowed again: "I also ask my father to forgive me."
The words are decent, and they can be summed up in one sentence: They are too weak, and I can't go back to the Forbidden Palace to take office.
Li Shoutian slapped the low table with a slap, trembling with anger.
Uncles and aunts hurriedly came up to persuade them, pouring tea and water, and said in a loud voice, "Jing Yun has already said it, and it is not deliberately disobedient. Who told you to teach well, he has the ability?"
"Third brother, don't be angry. If we can have such a son in our yards, then we are truly worthy of our ancestors."
"The child has been taking the test for more than half a month. Look, he is too tired to clean up. Let him rest. Let's discuss and discuss, and set up a running table."
Li Shoutian glared angrily: "This unfilial son, still give him a seat?"
"What is going to be put, what is going to be put, my Li family hasn't been a champion yet!"
Zhuang gave Huayue a wink, Huayue understood, and took Li Jingyun out while the chaos.
The house was full of maids and wives who were running around. The two took a secluded path, and no one said a word.
Li Jingyun felt that something was wrong when he was walking. Out of the corner of his eyes, he looked at the person next to him, and coughed lightly to find something to say: "Will my father put me in confinement again?"
Huayue shook her head expressionlessly: "No, don't look at smashing the military table, you won the top spot, he is happier than anyone else."
Suddenly nodding, he smiled: "What about you, are you happy?"
The embroidered shoes stopped on the bluestone slab, and Hua Yue turned around and looked up at him, her eyes darkened.
"You have long thought about going to take the exam."
With a thump in his heart, Li Jingyun secretly thought that it was not good, and quickly put on the innocent look in the hall: "How can I do it, that is, halfway..."
"You need to submit the roster to the training ground a few days in advance for the martial arts test." She interrupted him with a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. "When the scientific test just started, you were still talking to your concubine about your appointment."
"That's someone else who needs to submit the roster. Who is the lord? The son of the general's mansion." Li Jingyun said confidently, "It's Qin Sheng who manages the roster. It's not easy for him to add the name of the lord?"
Huayue turned around and left.
"Hey—" He hurriedly pulled him back, his brows softened, and he said embarrassingly, "Why are you better than my father."
With a sullen breath in her chest, Hua Yue said coldly, "This is not the first time I have been tricked by Young Master."
It's over, is this to be calculated together with the new account and the old account?
Li Jingyun took a deep breath and hugged her into his arms to coax her softly: "I really didn't hide it from you on purpose. If I don't pass the test, I don't want to lose this person. Look, the martial arts test is not easy. There are many new injuries on my body, from yesterday evening until now, before my eyes closed, I wanted to come back and confess."
"Accusing?" She sneered, "The third master's rule has always been to deceive first, and then admit it if you can't be deceived. How can you accuse you as soon as you come up."
I know him quite well.
Li Jingyun was happy for a moment, and then turned into a sad face: "Why do you only care about this, and you don't care that you haven't closed your eyes all day and night."
Her cheeks were bulging, and Huayue took him back to the east courtyard, fetched water to clean the face, and pressed him into the bed with the quilt.
"Young master is resting." She bowed her head and saluted, "Go and see the front court."
Having said that, he got up and left without hesitation.
The door slammed shut, and Li Jingyun squeezed the quilt and stunned.
When he left, he was a sweet and soft puppy, but when he came back, he turned into a vicious dog baring his teeth?
Winning the championship in the martial arts test is something that Li Jingyun has been planning for a long time. Although he can have a lot of wealth in the market, he has always been less reliant. The official position that the crown prince sought for him was imprisoned, and the scattered orders arranged by Li Shoutian for him were not free. It was only appropriate to get what he wanted.
Really tired, Li Jingyun didn't have time to think about it, he planned to close his eyes to regain some energy, and then talk to her.
The winners of both civil and military affairs were announced on this day. Zhou Heshuo looked up from a pile of chores and heard the news from the Li residence.
"This third son of Li is also capable." The officials gossip with him, "In the past few years, there was a second place in the martial arts test, but this time, those few were seriously injured and could not get out of bed after fighting with him. He went alone. His Majesty saw him, Longyan Dayue, and rewarded him with a lot of things in the palace, and he will be entrusted with important tasks in the future."
Zhou Heshuo hummed: "It's the person that Ben Gong values."
But after a while, he was a little unhappy again: "Jing Yun didn't come to this palace in advance about this."
"It's not just you, Your Highness, even General Li doesn't know, there's been a lot of trouble in the house." The official shook his head, "The third son is a loner, few people know what he's thinking, but it's okay, he If you have an official position, it will also be a good thing for Your Highness."
If Li Jingyun accepted the official position he gave, it would be a good thing for him, but he didn't.
Zhou Heshuo narrowed his eyes, thinking of the Qifeng Tower a long time ago, the man leaning against the drizzling flower window, turning the jade fan and laughing with him: "I'm used to being distracted, how can I suffer from the hardships in the training ground? The second brother is loyal to the country, I hide behind him, and I always have two points of leisure to steal."
Stealing leisurely and stealing became the number one scholar appointed by the palace.
With his brows slightly tight, Zhou Heshuo lowered his eyes and said, "Bengong should also send a congratulatory gift."